Linda Dominguez is a nurse practitioner in the private gynecology practice at Southwest Women's Health in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In the past she was with Planned Parenthood of New Mexico for over 19 years, serving in various senior roles, including assistant medical director.
She has served on many influential professional and community action boards and has been an officer on the boards of directors of:
She is also on the editorial advisory board of Contraceptive Technology Update, as well as the editorial board for the American Journal for Nurse Practitioners. Ms. Dominguez was selected by the Department of Labor and the International Women's Forum to be in the pioneer class of the Leadership Foundation Fellows 1994-95 Program. This has been described as "a first-of-its-kind national demonstration designed to shatter the 'Glass Ceiling' for women in America," with a capstone project at the Kennedy School of Public Policy at Harvard University.
Ms. Dominguez was invited by the Clinton White House in 1993 to participate in the Health Care Reform Professional Peer Review Group. She collaborated with the Office of the Surgeon General on the development of the "Call to Action: Toward Responsible Sexual Health." She has been on the National Medical Committee for Planned Parenthood Federation of America. In 2009 she was on the expert panel convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization to review and develop the U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria (MEC) for Contraceptive Use. She has been working closely with the CDC and the Office of Population Affairs regarding improving standards for practice and the research needs in the field of family planning.
Three decades ago she was a founding member and chair of the New Mexico Teen Pregnancy Coalition. In addition she spearheaded new voters registration drives in clinic settings and established food banks for the community in prenatal and family planning clinics.